HL Deb 31 October 1996 vol 575 c25WA
Lord Jenkins of Putney

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will again make representations on humanitarian grounds to the Government of Israel on behalf of Mr. Vanunu, who has suffered more than a decade of solitary confinement.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Although we have no formal standing to raise this case with the Israelis, we have raised the length of Mr. Vanunu's detention in solitary confinement informally on humanitarian grounds. We have recently asked our Embassy in Tel Aviv to raise this issue again with the Israeli authorities.